A deadly shooting in the southern West Bank resulted in the deaths of two Israeli Defense Forces soldiers and wounded three others, with the two suspected gunmen also killed in the exchange. Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, were identified as the fallen soldiers. The IDF reported responding to the incident near the Judea Junction, where they neutralized the assailants, identified as Palestinians from Hebron armed with an M16 rifle and a handgun. The Israeli army recovered a significant quantity of ammunition from the perpetrators’ vehicle, which officials believe was intended for a larger-scale attack. In response to the violence, Israel ordered a full closure of the West Bank, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency Security Cabinet meeting, asserting that Hamas was planning a major attack to murder civilians and announcing an imminent large-scale operation in the West Bank.
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